Volunteer Spotlight: Zaid Rawi
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Features
Action Plans
Adam Duckett on the US President’s climate push and jobs plan
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most...
Call and Response
Adam Duckett on member feedback
Fukushima in Numbers
The Fukushima disaster in numbers
How on Earth
Adam Duckett on Fukushima and the future of nuclear
Search Light
Adam Duckett on searching for the positive news
Webinar: Robust Design Optimisation of a Multistage Compressor for Surge Avoidance
ON 13 January, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss how simulation software can be u...
Webinar: Improving Vacuum Distillation Profitability
ON 26 November, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar on how mobile refrigeration can be used to...
Feedback Loops
Adam Duckett on the changes being forced upon us by Covid-19.
Volunteer Spotlight: Johan Alimin Samad
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Webinar: The Digital Transformation of Process Engineering
ON 28 October, The Chemical Engineer is hosting a webinar to discuss the digital transformation o...
Skill Up
Adam Duckett on the opportunity to boost your skills
Quickly, More Vaccines
Chris Lucas speaks to Adam Duckett about accelerating the UK’s emergency vaccine production capab...
Webinar: the importance of design of experiments within chemical engineering
ON 15 September, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar to discuss how design of experiments is a...
Volunteer Spotlight: Tan Geok Chai
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Engage with ED&I
Adam Duckett on the need to engage with equality, diversity and inclusion
Giving Back to the Profession
Jane Cutler, IChemE’s newly-elected Deputy President, talks to Adam Duckett
Volunteer Spotlight: Qua Kiat Seng
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Green Commitments
Adam Duckett on IChemE’s green commitments
INWED: Female chemical engineers recognised for green leadership
AS celebrations get underway for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we caught up wit...
Volunteer Spotlight: Azzam Younes
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
PPE Challenge Accepted
Zeb Ahmed and Nick Geary talk to Adam Duckett about the projects they are facilitating to help fi...
Kickstarting the Cycle
Opportunities from crisis
Managing vaccine manufacture scaleup
Withthe UK Government having announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare th...
Seeking a silver lining
Adam Duckett on engineering coming to the fore
Reader feedback
We asked our reader feedback panel to tell us how they have been impacted by the coronavirus pand...
Volunteer Spotlight: John Campbell
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
After the spill: an introduction to the series
Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon o...
Volunteer Spotlight: Roberto Moreno-Atanasio
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Talhat
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Coming Forward, Speaking Up
Adam Duckett on providing an environment for engineers to speak up and thrive
Pyrolysis Gets Personal
Adam Duckett visits the workshop of Nik Spencer to understand more about a pyrolysis unit that ...
A wake-up call for change
Adam Duckett says Australia's bushfires should be a wake-up call for change
Volunteer Spotlight: Denis Ring
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Spiralling Up
IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE
Food for thought
Adam Duckett discusses innovation in the food and drinks sector and an issue focussed on efficiency
Volunteer Spotlight: Adisa Azapagic
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Tug of More
Adam Duckett on the tug of war between R & D
Volunteer Spotlight: Christina Phang
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Fenella Nordquist
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Pushed for Space
Adam Duckett on the Apollo 11 anniversary and human ingenuity
Webinar: how Tata Steel is speeding up development with data analytics
ON 25 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how Tata Steel has used experime...
Webinar: discover how BASF is analysing data to improve yield
ON 18 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how chemicals major BASF has use...
Stressed British Steel Must Not be Allowed to Fail
Adam Duckett says Government must stand strong with British Steel
Congress: Rising to the Challenge
Congress Chair Nigel Hirst discusses the group's enthusiastic start and its immediate priorities
Time Has Run Out on CCS Delays
Adam Duckett urges action on CCS
Snapshot – Birmingham takes the fifth
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
Informing Debate
Adam Duckett introduces the Clean Energy SIG's series on hydrogen
Little Wonder
Adam Duckett speaks to chemical engineer Bill Grieco, CEO of the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, a...
Break it Down
Adam Duckett on responding to calls for a new biodegradable wrapper
2018 – The Year of Engineering
Adam Duckett speaks to engineers, schoolchildren and teachers who took part in the UK government’...
Keep the Doors Open
Adam Duckett calls for schools outreach to continue apace into 2019
Governments Must Pull Levers
Adam Duckett on the need for strong government intervention
Bioprocessing insights on getting the most from your data
Ahead of our coming webinar on 9 October, the presenters from JMP and GSK discuss using data to i...
Across the Scale
Adam Duckett introduces the promise of 3D printed reactors
Read Through
Adam Duckett asks how engaged you want to be
Do Share
Adam Duckett says we must do all we can to share the lessons of Piper Alpha
Piper Alpha Perspectives: Introducing the Series
Adam Duckett, editor of The Chemical Engineer introduces the Piper Alpha Perspectives series laun...
Get more from your data, increase yields and reduce costs
Ahead of our coming webinar on 19 June, Stan Higgins says we are not getting the value from our d...
Deep Impact
Adam Duckett, on life-changing moments, regrets, and the red thread of safety
Hands On
Adam Duckett reports from the launch of the University of Sheffield’s new continuous powder proce...
The Privilege of Being First
An insider’s view of the technical challenges overcome at the pioneering Boundary Dam CCS project...
No Operation is an Island
Adam Duckett discusses siloed operations
Perry’s set for 9th edition
PERRY’S – the handbook known within the discipline as the bible of chemical engineering – will be...
Birmingham steams to fourth title
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
Unchained Remedy
Adam Duckett discusses breaking the vaccine cold chain
Get Nimble
Adam Duckett says it is time to get nimble and experiment
Become more efficient; out innovate the competition
Ahead of our coming webinar on 24 November, JMP's Malcolm Moore introduces why engineers should p...
Safety Review
Adam Duckett praises Norway's industrial vision
Analytic Excellence: An Example from Synthetic Biology
Ahead of our coming webinar on developing a culture of analytic excellence, Adam Duckett catches ...
Ambition Made Real
Adam Duckett praises Norway's industrial vision
In Orbit
Astronaut Donald Pettit talks to Adam Duckett about his life and work
Squaring the Circle
Adam Duckett asks how we can square the circle of our impacts
The Boundaryless Profession
Adam Duckett discusses the breadth of chemical engineering
A Critical Safety Moment
Adam Duckett on Trump’s move to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board
Digital Pioneers
Evonik's chief digital officer discusses his expectations for digitalisation at the specialty che...
A No-Nonsense Go-Getter
Adam Duckett on Elon Musk and the bet he can solve an energy crisis
Powered by Sewage
A look at how a wastewater treatment plant in Denmark has become energy self-sufficient
Top of the Tree
Adam Duckett asks whether or not your company has a digitalisation strategy
Take a Breath
Adam Duckett discusses Trump and the climate
Doubt and Promise
Adam Duckett looks forward to 2017
Safety Talk
Adam Duckett discusses his shock at the chemical accidents figures coming out of China
Let's Talk
Adam Duckett asks how we can help students get the best start to their careers
Usher in a New Age
Adam Duckett on ushering in a new era
Pushing Forward
Adam Duckett on making progress
A Safe Pair of Hands
Successes, regrets - and the damage being done to our children's futures
Share the Success
Adam Duckett says share your successes
Effect Change
Adam Duckett on boosting inclusion
Visions of the Future
Adam Duckett welcomes disruptive technologies
The Boundaryless Risk
Adam Duckett discusses the underplayed threat of hacking
Positive Change
Adam Duckett welcomes you to the new-look magazine
News
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most...
South Australia agrees A$1bn for hydrogen, CCS and more gas
SOUTH Australia has agreed a A$1bn (US$770m) investment with the Federal Government that includes...
Veolia agrees deal for Suez, merging world’s largest water firms
VEOLIA has agreed a deal to buy its rival Suez, ending a fraught takeover battle that merges the ...
IChemE pays tribute to Royal Patron Prince Philip
ICHEME has paid tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his time as Royal Patron of ...
Lanxess enters battery electrolyte sector
LANXESS is taking its first step into the battery chemistry market through a deal to manufacture ...
Santos greenlights Australia’s largest oil and gas investment in close to a decade
SANTOS has sanctioned a US$3.6bn investment in the Barossa gas project off Australia’s Northern T...
New fund seeks to boost investment and diversity of South Africa energy
A R1.5bn (US$102m) investment fund has been launched in South Africa to boost investment in the c...
Pilot plant will convert soybean waste into bioplastic
A FINNISH consortium is building a pilot plant to convert waste from soybean processing into comp...
Covestro pilots chemicals recycling process to close loop on used mattress foam
COVESTRO has begun to pilot a chemical process to recycle the foam from used mattresses. If succe...
Plastic Energy joins forces with ExxonMobil on plastic waste
PLASTIC ENERGY has agreed another partnership with an industry heavyweight – this time ExxonMobil...
Fonterra supports NZ industry switch from coal – but outlines significant challenges
FONTERRA – New Zealand’s huge dairy cooperative – has come out in support of plans to end coal us...
Greener chemicals: steam cracking could go electric by 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde aim to construct a multi-megawatt plant to demonstrate that steam crackers ...
Researchers look to recover waste anaesthetics
A TEAM of chemical engineers and doctors are developing a new membrane to capture and reuse anaes...
Energy and medical research experts to share Covid-19 safety lessons at IChemE Hazards conference
ICHEME has announced that process safety experts from the energy and medical research sectors wil...
BP plans 1 GW hydrogen hub for Teesside
BP is planning to build a 1 GW hydrogen production project in Teesside, UK, that would meet 20% o...
DuPont buys Laird Performance Materials
DUPONT has agreed to buy Laird Performance Materials for US$2.3bn.
Richardson: Make systems thinking education mandatory
ICHEME President Stephen Richardson has recommended to a House of Lords select committee that sys...
Yallourn coal plant will shut early, replacement battery planned
AUSTRALIA’S Yallourn coal-fired power plant, which meets 20% of electricity demand in Victoria, w...
Novartis joins effort to produce CureVac vaccine for Covid-19
NOVARTIS has signed an agreement to manufacture CureVac’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate at its site ...
Engineering regulator issues fresh guidance on sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY guidance for engineering professionals has been issued by the Engineering Council,...
GSK to close two UK antibiotics manufacturing sites
GSK is closing two UK antibiotics manufacturing operations, in Barnard Castle and Ulverston.
Closure of Altona refinery fuels concerns about Australian manufacturing
EXXONMOBIL is closing its Altona refinery in Victoria, Australia. The decision comes hot on the h...
Elon Musk puts up US$100m prize for carbon removal tech
TECH billionaire Elon Musk is launching a US$100m prize for innovators who can remove CO2 from th...
UK offers £40m for manufacturers to plan and deploy greener technologies
THE UK Government is offering £40m (US$56m) in funding for energy-intensive companies to conduct ...
New Kletz book compiles safety pioneer’s lessons for a new generation
ICHEME has published a new book showcasing the works of process safety pioneer Trevor Kletz.
What is causing AstraZeneca’s vaccine production woes?
WITH Covid-19 vaccine manufacture making headlines for all the wrong reasons, I spoke with expert...
LED pioneers win Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
FIVE engineers who helped develop LED lighting have won the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engine...
Brexit: relief rapidly gives way to fresh concerns
Businesses and industry groups warn of costly administrative burdens and the impacts on supply ch...
Closure of New Zealand smelter delayed to 2024
RIO TINTO has reversed its plans to close its New Zealand aluminium smelter this August, agreeing...
Modular nuclear plan put forward for Wylfa
SMALL modular nuclear reactors (SMR) could be twinned with wind power, in a project that has been...
Shell resumes production at massive floating LNG plant
SHELL has resumed production of LNG from its huge floating processing plant – Prelude – following...
Shell buys into waste-to-fuels plant in Québec
SHELL is taking a 40% stake in a Canadian plant that will use Enerkem’s processing technology to ...
Ebola vaccine stockpile established
A STOCKPILE of Ebola vaccine has been established by humanitarian organisations to help better pr...
Solvay sells amphoteric surfactant business to private equity firm
SOLVAY has sold its amphoteric surfactant manufacturing business, including production plants in ...
CureVac joins forces with Bayer to speed up supply of Covid-19 vaccine
CUREVAC has agreed to work with Bayer to accelerate the development and supply of its Covid-19 va...
BASF starts up new MDI unit in push to double Geismar production
BASF has completed the first phase of its push to double production of MDI at its integrated chem...
Bagshaw awarded CBE in New Year Honours
STEVE Bagshaw, a Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List for his se...
Stories to read while we are away
WITH the editorial team having shut down their laptops until 4 January, we wanted to close with a...
Australia offers A$76.8m support for Portland smelter
AUSTRALIA’S Government has agreed to provide A$76.8m (US$59.5m) in funding in a bid to secure the...
AstraZeneca buys Alexion for US$39bn
ASTRAZENECA has agreed to buy US biotech firm Alexion for US$39bn in a move that will expand its ...
IChemE awards engineers who 3D print reactors
ENGINEERS from Air Liquide who are 3D printing reactors for the purpose of process intensificatio...
Attention turns to vaccine production following successful trials
FOLLOWING three highly-encouraging Covid-19 vaccine trials, the light at the end of the tunnel su...
Four killed in explosion at UK water treatment site
FOUR people have died and another has been injured in an explosion at a UK water treatment works.
ExxonMobil to keep Bass Strait stake
EXXONMOBIL has abandoned plans to sell its 50% stake in Bass Strait gas fields off Victoria, Aust...
Petronas aspires to be net zero by 2050
PETRONAS has said it aspires to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, becoming the latest oil and g...
Plastic Energy’s push to close loop on plastics wins top IChemE Award
A PROCESS to chemically recycle plastic waste that cannot be mechanically recycled won IChemE’s t...
Suez agrees to explore CCS for energy-to-waste plants
SUEZ will explore developing a modular system to capture carbon dioxide from energy-to-waste plan...
IChemE publishes position on climate change, committing to net zero
ICHEME has published its position statement on climate change, committing to collaborate in the g...
Prelude will not resume full production this year, says Shell
SHELL has said its huge floating LNG production plant – the Prelude FLNG facility – is not expect...
Nuclear cogeneration pushed as solution for low carbon heat
COGENERATION of heat by new nuclear plants could help balance intermittent renewables and provide...
Petronas wins four awards at IChemE Malaysia ceremony
PETRONAS won four of eight awards at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards ceremony, which was held virtually ...
IChemE set to publish new Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Regulations
ICHEME is updating its Code of Professional Conduct and Disciplinary Regulations, with the change...
Partners plan membrane-free electrolyser production in Northern Ireland
CLEAN Power Hydrogen (CPH2) has formed a joint venture to manufacture its membrane-free electroly...
Engineers tell government how PPE could be reused in the UK
SERIOUS consideration should be given to decontaminating and reusing PPE to alleviate shortages a...
Evonik and Siemens test plant to produce chemicals from carbon dioxide
EVONIK and Siemens have commissioned a pilot plant that uses microorganisms to convert water and ...
Sasol forms polyethylene JV with LyondellBasell
SASOL has sold half its stake in its Lake Charles petrochemicals complex in the US to LyondellBas...
Chrysaor and Premier merger will create UK’s largest independent oil firm
CHRYSAOR has agreed a merger with Premier Oil to create the largest independent oil and gas compa...
ExxonMobil will cut 1,600 jobs in Europe
EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will cut 1,600 jobs in Europe as the oil industry struggles with...
Dow will close chemicals plants on top of job cuts
DOW has announced it will close manufacturing sites in Europe and North America as it seeks to cu...
BP and Microsoft join forces on Industry 4.0 and clean energy
BP and Microsoft are working together to advance their net zero ambitions and the digital transfo...
IChemE Fellows Ding, Edwards and Matar elected to RAEng
THREE ICHEME Fellows – Yulong Ding, David Edwards and Omar Matar – have been elected as Fellows o...
LyondellBasell starts up pilot plant to recycle plastics
LYONDELLBASELL has started operation of a new pilot plant for a pyrolysis process that it is deve...
Robert Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex, has died aged 83
ROBERT “Bob” Gore, chemical engineer and renowned inventor of Gore-Tex has died at the age of 83.
Pale Blue Dot forms partnership to capture CO2 from air in the UK
PALE Blue Dot has signed an agreement with Carbon Engineering to work together on deploying direc...
UK will review how to license North Sea production while achieving net zero emissions
THE UK Government has launched a review into how it will license the offshore oil and gas industr...
PSE and Siemens join partnership to advance continuous drug manufacturing
THE UK’s Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre has expanded its partners to include PSE, Siem...
IChemE calls on community to nominate peers for prizes
ICHEME is calling on the chemical engineering community to make nominations for its annual medals...
BASF will publish carbon footprints for 45,000 products
BASF will release data on the carbon footprints of its entire portfolio of approximately 45,000 p...
Air Liquide buys world’s largest oxygen operation
AIR LIQUIDE is buying the world’s largest oxygen production site – from Sasol in South Africa – a...
SABIC chemical plant will be 100% solar-powered
SABIC’S polycarbonate facility in Cartagena, Spain, is set to become the world’s first large-scal...
Scientists demonstrate powdered vaccine can break the cold chain
SCIENTISTS have taken a step forward in breaking the so-called vaccine “cold chain” by creating a...
IChemE opens member consultation on climate change position
ICHEME has launched a draft climate change position statement for members to comment on.
NSW gives greenlight to Santos’ controversial coal seam gas project
AUSTRALIA’S New South Wales government has backed Santos’ A$3.6bn (US$2.54bn) Narrabri gas develo...
Glencore faces criticism as it pushes ahead with new coal mine
GLENCORE is a step closer to having a new A$1.5bn (US$1.05bn) open-cut coal mine approved by Aust...
Dow aims to be carbon neutral by 2050
DOW has set a target to be carbon neutral by 2050 and that all the packaging its chemicals produc...
IChemE identifies vaccine production capabilities
ICHEME has compiled a list of manufacturing sites in the UK and Ireland that have the potential c...
BASF lends supercomputer to fight against Covid-19
BASF has been using its supercomputer to help identify molecules that might help in the fight aga...
BP exits petrochemicals, sells plants to Ineos
BP is selling its petrochemicals business, including interests in 14 production sites, to Ineos f...
Partners join forces to develop micro nuclear reactor
THREE partners have joined forces in Canada to demonstrate a 15 MW small modular reactor that wou...
Heriot-Watt receives IChemE accreditation at three campuses
HERIOT-WATT University has had its chemical engineering programmes at its campuses in Dubai and M...
Explosion at UK oilseed plant injures three
AN explosion at an oilseed processing plant in the UK has injured three people.
Partners join forces to supply turnkey biotech plants
SIEMENS has formed a partnership with process plant designer Exyte to quickly deliver turnkey bio...
IChemE showcases climate change research
ICHEME has published a collection of journal articles to showcase research published by chemical ...
RAEng reviews engineering controls to fight Covid-19
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has published a rapid review of engineering control...
Jane Cutler wins election to become IChemE Deputy President
JANE Cutler has been elected to take up the position of IChemE Deputy President from June.
Urgent call for members to donate unused PPE for testing
ICHEME is calling on members and their employers to donate any unused PPE they can spare to a vol...
UK gas networks join forces for net zero
THE engineering expertise of the UK’s gas network operators have joined forces to outline how to ...
UK funds projects vying to develop net zero industrial clusters
THE UK Government has given funding to groups that are competing to develop the world’s first net...
CEPI invests US$338m in manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine
THE Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is investing US$338m to develop and ma...
IChemE members join group advising government on net zero plans
ICHEME members are working with representatives of the wider engineering discipline to advise the...
Vattenfall plans London heat network
VATTENFALL will design a heat network to supply more than 10,000 homes in London, using heat capt...
Trump declares national emergency over threat to power system
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over threats to the country’s power s...
LG Chem invests US$53m to triple nanotube production
LG CHEM is more than tripling its production of carbon nanotubes for the burgeoning electric vehi...
Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by year end, says AZ CEO
ASTRAZENECA says it could begin production of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the year after...
John Morelly Solbett 1919–2020
Obituary of John Solbett, former IChemE President
IChemE volunteers identify areas of focus to help fight pandemic
ICHEME’S volunteer Covid-19 Response Team has divided into distinct workstreams, including on dia...
Liveris joins Australia’s business response group
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris, former CEO of Dow Chemical, has joined a commission established...
Anim-Somuah recognised by Forbes
THADDEUS Anim-Somuah has been recognised by media outlet Forbes as one of its 30 people under the...
Woodside joins hydrogen-as-ammonia study
WOODSIDE has joined a consortium to study exporting hydrogen as ammonia from Australia to Japan.
UK launches vaccine taskforce to co-ordinate scaleup
THE UK Government has today announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the...
OPEC agrees to cut global oil by 10% but there are fears it is not enough
OPEC has agreed to cut global oil output by around 10% in response to the coronavirus pandemic, e...
More than a quarter of Europe’s ethylene capacity under threat
AROUND 6.6m t/y – or 26% – of Europe’s ethylene production capacity is threatened by reduced acti...
Exxon cuts spending in response to coronavirus
EXXONMOBIL is cutting capital spending this year by 30% and operating expenses by 15% in response...
Update: Coronavirus delays Forties shutdown to 2021
INEOS has extended plans to postpone the shutdown of the Forties oil pipeline which transports to...
Woodside CEO: Browse project could get carbon capture from day one
WOODSIDE says it will add a carbon capture project to its Browse gas project off the coast of Wes...
UK relaxes rules to speed up sanitiser production
THE UK Government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have relaxed rules over the manufactu...
BP protects jobs for three months
BP has announced that it will not be cutting any jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus delays Forties shutdown
INEOS is postponing the shutdown of the Forties oil pipeline which transports to shore around 40%...
Victoria lifts ban on onshore gas development
AUSTRALIA’s Victoria state Government is lifting a ban on conventional onshore gas development an...
Ineos completes construction of two sanitiser plants
INEOS has completed construction of two new hand sanitiser production plants in the UK and German...
Industry pushes to keep staff safe and plants running
Industry reacts to keep staff and plants running during pandemic
UK workers in critical sectors could still send children to school
THE UK Government has announced that the children of those working in the healthcare supply chain...
BASF joins forces to plan electric car battery recycling cluster
BASF, Fortum and Nornickel are planning a recycling centre in Finland that would recover metals f...
Engineering capability review raises safety concerns
FATALITIES and accidents at work are likely to increase, and a better understanding of engineerin...
Teesside industry evolves its CCS pitch and pushes plans to host net zero cluster
A CONSORTIUM operated by BP is pitching for the UK Government to support the development of a net...
One dead in Spain chemical plant explosion
AN explosion at a small chemicals plant in Barcelona, Spain has killed one and injured 13 others,...
Canada awards Lister for his contributions to nuclear and safety
DEREK LISTER has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to nuclear ...
UK confirms £800m for carbon capture clusters
THE UK has confirmed in its budget today that it will invest £800m (US$1bn) in a carbon capture a...
Manchester Uni students win IChemE prize for designing greener process
A TEAM of students from University of Manchester, UK, has won IChemE’s Macnab-Lacey Prize for the...
BPE joins On Line Group
UK ENGINEERING consultancy BPE has been bought by On Line Group, an integrated engineering servic...
Coronavirus: the push to produce a vaccine
WITH more than 75,000 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection having killed more than 2,0...
Steve Rae to give Trevor Kletz lecture
PIPER Alpha survivor Steve Rae will share the story of how his survival has led to a lifelong dri...
IChemE medal winners announced
ENERGY experts and dedicated volunteers are among 26 chemical engineers being recognised by IChem...
INEOS to produce plastics from wood-derived oil
INEOS has signed an agreement to use naphtha derived from wood pulp processing to manufacture bio...
Atkins wins Shell technical safety contract
ATKINS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical safety and human factors servic...
World Engineering Day set for 4 March
WORLD Engineering Day for Sustainable Development will be celebrated on 4 March every year as a U...
LSC member quits over climate change concerns
TOM BAXTER has resigned from IChemE’s Learned Society Committee (LSC) because he feels the Instit...
DuPont buys out UCD spinout OxyMem
DUPONT has bought out OxyMem, a wastewater technology company that was spun out of University Col...
Foo granted Fellowship by Academy of Sciences Malaysia
ICHEME Fellow Dominic Foo has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
UK’s landmark trial to heat buildings with hydrogen is fully operational
THE UK’s first project to inject hydrogen into the gas grid is underway at Keele University.
Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmenta...
NZ PM visits milk processing plant to see novel boiler and launch tree-planting scheme
NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has visited milk processing company Synlait for a tour ...
Malaysia PM: Petronas could be sold to pay down debt
STAKES in state-energy firm Petronas could be sold to Malaysia’s oil-producing states to raise mo...
Repsol outlines net zero 2050 target
SPAIN’S oil and gas firm Repsol has outlined plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Jones awarded RACI Distinguished Fellowship
ICHEME Fellow Clifford Jones has been awarded a Distinguished Fellowship by the Royal Australian ...
Communication troubles are holding back UK biotech
ENGINEERING biology must learn to communicate better if the breakout discipline is to achieve its...
UK Government match-funds small modular nuclear reactors
THE UK Government is investing £18m (US$23m) in a partnership with industry led by Rolls Royce to...
UK oil contractors report rising green demand
UK oil and gas contractors have reported a significant increase in demand for their services from...
Behold the Plastic Age: synthetic fibres found in fossil record
GEOLOGISTS could one day determine the age of rocks by measuring the amount of plastic found in s...
UK gives international students two years to stay following graduation
INTERNATIONAL students at UK universities will now be able to extend their stay up to two years a...
BP on continuous hunt for methane leaks
BP says it is deploying technology to continuously detect, measure and reduce methane emissions f...
Food, fuel and drug supplies at no-deal Brexit risk, Government warns
THE UK Government has warned in a document it has been forced to disclose that a no-deal Brexit c...
IChemE announces Global Awards finalists
ICHEME has announced there are more than 100 finalists shortlisted for its annual Global Awards.
Rejigged rigs could kickstart North Sea CCS, study finds
USING North Sea oil rigs to generate power from methane and bury the resulting emissions would be...
Oil and gas majors are undermining climate goals, report warns
OIL and gas companies have approved US$50bn of investment since 2018 in major projects that under...
Gorgon CCS plant starts up after two-year delay
CHEVRON’S US$54bn Gorgon LNG project has started operation of one of the world’s largest carbon c...
DuPont wins alkylation licence for grassroots China refinery
DUPONT Clean Technologies is licensing its alkylation technology to Shenghong Petrochemical for a...
Aramco awards US$18bn in contracts to expand oil and gas production
SAUDI ARAMCO has awarded contracts worth US$18bn to build process plants and expand oil productio...
Covestro partners with 3D printing pioneer to scale up production
COVESTRO is working to scale up the production of a resin developed by Silicon Valley firm Carbon...
Neste and LyondellBasell claim bioplastic first
NESTE and LyondellBasell are claiming an industry-first with the parallel, commercial-scale produ...
Linde to invest US$1.4bn in Exxon Singapore supply deal
LINDE is investing US$1.4bn to expand its gasification complex at Jurong Island in Singapore as p...
Petronas agrees partnership to develop oil industry chemicals
PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) and Scomi Energy Services have agreed to work together to research...
CSB calls for new onshore drilling rules after blowout kills five
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has urged regulators to develop safety standards for onshore o...
Petronas Chemicals looks to convert waste plastic into feedstock
PETRONAS Chemicals is investigating building a plant to turn plastic waste into virgin feedstock ...
IChemE Member attends palace ceremony for Queens Award
ICHEME Member Irteza Piracha has attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace after the company he le...
Ineos makes first investment in Saudi Arabia
INEOS is making its first investment in Saudi Arabia, committing to build three new chemicals pla...
Wolverhampton chemical engineering course accredited by IChemE
THE University of Wolverhampton has had its chemical engineering degree accredited by IChemE.
Warwick Davis to host the IChemE Global Awards 2019
ACTOR Warwick Davis will host IChemE’s Global Awards on 7 November in Hull, UK.
Royal Charter and By-law changes approved at IChemE AGM
VOTING Members (Fellows and Chartered Members) of IChemE have approved changes to its Royal Chart...
WHP wins contract for new UK vaccine centre
ENGINEERING contractor WHP has won a contract to help design the UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing Inno...
HeidelbergCement sets Paris-aligned emissions targets
HEIDELBERGCEMENT has set targets to reduce its emissions in line with the Paris Agreement climate...
Cattle feed and dye membranes win MIT water prize
ENTREPRENEURS who are developing process technologies to remove dyes from industrial wastewater a...
Anadarko agrees to review Occidental’s hostile bid
CHEVRON’S agreed merger with Anadarko Petroleum looks under threat after the US independent said ...
Occidental makes hostile US$57bn bid for Chevron
OCCIDENTAL has made a hostile bid for Anadarko Petroleum, trumping a US$50bn bid from Chevron.
ExxonMobil will invest US$1bn expanding UK refinery
EXXONMOBIL has made a final investment decision to spend more than US$1bn expanding its Fawley re...
MPs call for government support on hydrogen and CCS
MEMBERS of Parliament speaking at an event to showcase clean energy have noted that in the wake o...
Aramco buys Shell’s 50% stake in SASREF
SAUDI ARAMCO is buying Shell’s 50% share of the SASREF joint venture in Jubail Industrial City, S...
Chrysaor buys ConocoPhillips UK oil assets
CHRYSAOR has agreed to buy ConocoPhillips North Sea assets for US$2.67bn, making it one of the la...
Workers start to remove Fukushima fuel rods
TEPCO has begun work to remove 566 highly-radioactive fuel rod assemblies from reactor building n...
Carbon-negative concrete wins inaugural CCUS prize
A CARBON-NEGATIVE form of concrete has won an inaugural prize that recognises the potential of us...
Higman awarded IChemE Hebden Medal
CHRIS Higman has been awarded IChemE’s Hebden Medal for his contributions to gasification.
CEO wants Occidental to become carbon neutral
OCCIDENTAL Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub has said she wants the international oil firm to become car...
Chevron set to become fourth ultramajor with US$33bn buyout of Anadarko Petroleum
CHEVRON has agreed to buy Anadarko Petroleum for US$33bn, propelling it into the position of four...
BP joins effort to make paraxylene from biological sources
BP has formed a partnership with Virent and Johnson Matthey to commercialise a process that produ...
IChemE adds new titles to members’ online library
ICHEME has added 20 new books to Knovel, its free online library for members.
Worker killed in Texas chemicals plant fire
ONE worker has been killed and two seriously injured in a chemicals plant fire in Texas, US.
Saudi Aramco set to take 70% stake in SABIC
SAUDI Aramco has agreed to buy a 70% stake in SABIC for US$69.1bn. It is part of national plans t...
Warnings new UK coal mine undermines green ambitions
THE UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years has been given the go ahead by Cumbria County Council, ...
Fire extinguished at US chemicals depot
AFTER three days fighting a fire that was spreading through a chemicals storage depot in Texas, U...
Shell plans to becomes world’s largest power firm
SHELL is set to become one of the largest power companies in the world, its Director of New Energ...
US storage depot ablaze
EIGHT chemicals storage tanks are ablaze at a major petrochemicals depot on the US Gulf Coast.
Catalyst firm Haldor Topsøe sells 30% stake to Temasek
DANISH engineering firm Haldor Topsøe is selling a 30% stake in its business to Singapore state i...
Chemical engineers quiz MPs on science funding and single-use plastic
IN a reversal of roles, chemical engineers took the opportunity yesterday to quiz UK policy leade...
Chemical engineer briefs UK politicians on chemical weapons
CHEMICAL engineering postgraduate Jeni Spragg has produced a report to help UK parliamentarians m...
DowDuPont cleaves off safety consultancy
DOWDUPONT is spinning off its safety and sustainability consultancy DuPont Sustainable Solutions ...
Richardson set to become IChemE Deputy President
ICHEME has announced that Stephen Richardson will be presented to the AGM for election as Deputy ...
OGTC funds effort to create digital twins of pressure vessels
THE UK’s Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) is funding a project for software firm Akselos to dev...
ExxonMobil awards contract for new PP unit in Baton Rouge
EXXONMOBIL is investing in a new polypropylene production unit at its Baton Rouge complex in Loui...
Offer to create world’s largest gold miner descends into spat
A WAR of words has broken out between the leaders of Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining after the la...
Evonik sells methacrylates business for €3bn
EVONIK is selling its methacrylates business to private equity firm Advent International for €3bn...
Ineos commits £1bn for UK oil pipeline and new chemicals plant
INEOS will invest £1bn (US$1.3bn) in the UK, modernising the Forties pipeline system, building a ...
Texas set for world’s greenest refinery
MERIDIAN Energy Group has announced plans to build what it claims will be the world’s cleanest re...
UK-Japan venture seeks to build small nuclear reactor in North East England
THE UK’s Penultimate Power has agreed to form a joint venture with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency...
Producing ammonia with plasma
CHEMICAL engineers have produced ammonia from nitrogen and water using plasma, in a process that ...
IChemE announces annual medal winners
TWENTY-SIX chemical engineers have been recognised by the IChemE Medals and Prizes Committee for ...
Fujifilm and unis join forces on bioprocessing innovation
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a contract developer and manufacturer, has partnered with the ...
IChemE seeks applications for new student safety medal
ICHEME has launched a new prize – called the SIESO Medal – to recognise student presentations abo...
BP invests in AI to accelerate upstream projects
BP has invested US$5m in artificial intelligence technology in a bid to speed up projects.
IChemE names safety prize in Sam Mannan’s honour
SAM Mannan, a safety expert who died last year, will have a prize named in his honour at IChemE’s...
Permian growth prompts Exxon to build third unit at Beaumont refinery
EXXONMOBIL has started building a third crude unit at its Beaumont refinery in Texas, US, in a mo...
GPS pioneers win prestigious QEPrize
FOUR engineers responsible for creating the first global, satellite-based positioning system – GP...
Drax declares world-first carbon capture at biomass power plant
THE UK’s DRAX power station has begun capturing carbon, and has described the development as the ...
ADNOC sells refining stake to European partners
THE Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sold off a 35% stake in its refining business to I...
£20m boost for UK steel and biotech
BIOMANUFACTURING and the steel sector have each been awarded £10m in funding to help commercialis...
Perkins report finds scant progress on engineering skills
FIVE years on from the publication of his engineering skills review for the UK Government, former...
Wood and KBR win backfill project for Shell’s Prelude FLNG
WOOD and KBR have won a contract to design the facility that will provide backfill gas to Shell’s...
ExxonMobil commits to US LNG export investment
EXXONMOBIL and Qatar Petroleum will invest more than US$10bn in the Golden Pass LNG export projec...
IChemE, Chester Uni and industry join forces on first chemeng apprenticeship
ICHEME, the University of Chester, and major employers in the region are working together to offe...
Fatal dam breach in Brazil leaves hundreds missing
A TAILINGS dam in Brazil has collapsed, leaving a reported 16 people dead and 297 missing. Other ...
INEOS picks Antwerp for €3bn cracker and PDH unit
INEOS has selected Antwerp in Belgium as the site for its €3bn (US$3.4bn) investment in the first...
BASF selects Zhanjiang for new integrated chemicals complex
BASF has picked Zhanjiang as the site for its new US$10bn chemicals complex in China.
Alvin Nienow wins Peter Dunnill Award
ICHEME Fellow Alvin Nienow has received the Peter Dunnill Award in recognition of his outstanding...
IChemE members honoured by Malaysia science academy
SIX IChemE members have been recognised for their research excellence by the Academy of Sciences ...
GSK and Pfizer merge consumer healthcare businesses
GSK and Pfizer are merging their consumer healthcare businesses in a move that will create a mark...
Engineers publish £22bn blueprint for UK to take global lead on hydrogen heating
ENGINEERS have called on the UK government to immediately spend £125m (US$159m) designing a hydro...
Westminster Abbey hosts engineering celebration
ENGINEERING was the focus of celebration today at a first-of-a-kind national service held at Lond...
BASF announces strategy to boost growth but keep emissions flat
BASF has outlined a strategy to outpace average global chemical sales while stagnating emissions.
RAEng and Lloyd’s Register launch £15m safety initiative and call on others to join
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd’s Register Foundation have announced a £15m (US$1...
Hackitt and Daniels honoured by Imperial College
FORMER IChemE Council members Dame Judith Hackitt and Ed Daniels have been awarded honorary degre...
Wood wins work on Anglesey nuclear project
WOOD has won a contract to support Hitachi’s work as architect engineer for the Wylfa Newydd nucl...
Science illustrated: Quentin Blake artwork opens at Science Museum
LAST night London’s Science Museum unveiled a series of drawings by renowned illustrator Quentin ...
Consortium bails out Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux
TROUBLED Singapore water treatment firm Hyflux has been rescued by a S$530m (US$384m) investment ...
IChemE members invited to name Centenary project
THE IChemE Centenary Steering Committee, with approval from the Board of Trustees, has invited co...
Queen of Perak presents IChemE Awards to outstanding young engineers
Her Royal Highness Zara Salim, Queen of Perak, presented two promising chemical engineers with tr...
UK set to see surge in biomethane plants
THE UK is set to see a 50% rise in biomethane plants operating by 2020, with as much as £400m (US...
Smaller cheaper plants: Exxon and BASF tout improved gas-treating solvent
EXXONMOBIL and BASF are carrying out a full-scale commercial demonstration of a new gas-treating ...
Chemicals coalition calls on EU leaders to allow UK to remain within REACH
A COALTION of European chemicals NGOs has called on politicians negotiating the terms of Brexit t...
UK fracking set to resume today after seven-year break
FRACKING is set to restart in the UK today after a High Court judge dismissed a last-minute legal...
Worker killed at South Africa power plant
ONE worker has been killed and another seriously injured after a pipe supplying pressurised steam...
Ineos picks McDermott for new PDH unit
INEOS has awarded McDermott a contract for the licence and engineering of a new propane dehydroge...
Eleven die in fire at India steel plant
ELEVEN people have been killed in a fire at a steel plant in Bhilai, India.
Explosion shuts down Canada’s largest refinery
AN explosion has shut down Canada’s largest refinery, operated by Irving Oil in Saint Paul, New B...
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals renamed Nouryon
AKZONOBEL Specialty Chemicals has been renamed Nouryon following its sale to the Carlyle Croup an...
IChemE set to leave London premises
ICHEME has formally announced that it will leave its London premises at One Portland Place this m...
UN climate experts warn society must make unparalleled shift
LIMITING global warming to 1.5°C requires rapid and unprecedented changes to society, UN climate ...
Caltech chemical engineer Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize
CHEMICAL engineer Frances Arnold has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pione...
BASF and LetterOne agree to merge oil interests
GERMANY’S BASF and LetterOne have agreed to merge their oil and gas subsidiaries Wintershall and ...
Chemical engineer to brief parliamentarians on chemical weapons
JENNIFER Spragg, a postgraduate student in bioenergy at the University of Leeds, UK, will advise ...
Shell sets methane reduction target
SHELL has said it will reduce methane leaks by installing new equipment at its operations, as the...
IChemE chair meets Malaysian minster to promote expert input
THE chair of IChemE’s Malaysia board, Christina Phang, has met with the country’s new energy mini...
UK’s largest bioethanol facility set to close
VIVERGO FUELS has said it is looking to close the UK’s largest bioethanol plant by the end of Sep...
GHD becomes IChemE Silver Corporate Partner
GHD has been awarded Silver Corporate Partner status by IChemE.
Landmark Piper Alpha Cullen report now free to download
THE Cullen Report into the Piper Alpha disaster is now available to download for free from the He...
Exxon mulls new multi-billion-dollar chemicals complex in China
EXXONMOBIL is considering building a multi-billion-dollar chemicals complex in China’s Guangdong ...
Equinor floats plan to power oil platforms with wind
NORWAY could become the first country to directly connect an offshore wind farm to oil and gas pl...
No deal Brexit will hit chemicals sector hard, government warns
THE UK Chancellor has warned that the chemicals sector will be one of the hardest hit by a ‘no de...
CCS could fuel the fizz in UK lager
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) could fuel the fizz in UK lager and help guard against a future ...
Man killed in explosion at UK military plant
ONE man has been killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a military hardware plan...
Johnson Matthey picks Clitheroe for next-gen battery plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY is building a demonstration- plant for production of next-generation lithium ion ...
Linde-Praxair merger in doubt following regulator demands
A MERGER to create the world’s largest industrial gases firm is in doubt after anti-trust authori...
Arkema and employees indicted for toxic cloud
ARKEMA, its CEO and the manager of the plant in Texas that caught fire after Hurricane Harvey bat...
IChemE succeeds in lobbying HSE to make Piper Alpha report free
ICHEME has successfully lobbied the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to waive the £70 (US$91) cost...
Worn valve may have caused Husky refinery blast
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has said that a deteriorated valve may have caused the explosi...
Fine investment: coal miner and oil trader invest in novel coal-to-fuel developer
VITOL and Peabody Energy have invested US$20m in a firm that has developed technology that it say...
Linde sells American businesses for Praxair merger
LINDE has agreed to sell its industrial gas businesses in North and South America for US$3.3bn as...
Dangote signs deal for world-scale Nigeria refinery
AFRICA’S richest man, Aliko Dangote, has agreed a US$650m loan to build the world’s largest singl...
12 injured in Cairo chemicals blast
TWELVE people have been injured in an explosion at a chemicals storage site in Egypt.
19 killed in blast at Chinese chemicals plant
AN explosion at a Chinese chemicals plant has killed 19 people and injured 12 others.
ABB warns chemical firms must invest in digitalisation
ABB has warned that unless the leaders of chemical companies embrace the Industrial Internet of T...
BASF signs MoU for a US$10bn Verbund chemicals site in China
BASF is considering building a new highly-integrated – or ‘Verbund’ – chemicals site in Guangdong...
Shift at the top signals mega-merger between Chinese chemicals giants
THE head of Sinochem will also take over at ChemChina in a move expected to signal the long-rumou...
Ineos will build Europe’s first new cracker for 20 years
INEOS will invest €2.7bn (US$3.1bn) to build a new ethane cracker and propane dehydrogenation uni...
Chemicals blast kills one in Japan
AN EXPLOSION at a chemicals plant in Japan on 2 July has killed one worker and injured at least a...
UK outlines £200m nuclear sector deal
THE UK government has unveiled a £200m (US$262m) deal in partnership with the nuclear industry th...
Green ammonia project set for launch in UK today
SIEMENS will launch a demonstration project in the UK today to showcase the potential of using ‘g...
Blubber breakthrough: MIT engineers increase wetsuit survivability
MIT chemical engineer Michael Strano has helped develop a treatment for wetsuits that protects di...
Initiative seeks to unlock potential of health and safety data
HSE has teamed up with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation to develop new techniques aimed at sifting...
CO2 shortage sparks concerns over food and drinks supplies
BEER, fizzy drinks, and poultry supplies are at risk of disruption in the UK following a shortage...
Militia causes catastrophic damage at Libyan oil port
AN ARMED assault has caused catastrophic damage to two oil storage tanks at the Ras Lanuf termina...
Queen honours Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe
THE QUEEN has awarded birthday honours to four members of IChemE: Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham H...
Piper Alpha conference: Chrysaor CEO issues list of challenges to oil industry
PHIL KIRK, CEO of Chrysaor, has issued challenges to the oil industry community at a UK conferenc...
Piper Alpha conference: oil industry urged to maintain a chronic sense of unease
THE oil and gas community has been urged to “maintain a chronic sense of unease” at a conference ...
IChemE governance reforms pass at AGM
MEMBERS have voted in support of a package of reforms that will modernise IChemE’s governance and...
IChemE awards engineers for their work on process safety
SEVEN chemical engineers have been awarded medals for their outstanding contributions to process ...
STEM outreach group warns about UK skills shortage
A SHORTAGE of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills is costing UK businesses £...
That’s the spirit: chemical engineer develops flexible micro-distillery
A CHEMICAL engineer from the University of Queensland has created a new type of micro distillery ...
Norway outlines funding for full-chain CCS demonstration project
NORWAY’S efforts to develop a full-chain CCS demonstration project have been boosted by governmen...
Abu Dhabi outlines US$45bn plan to become key downstream chemicals player
IN a bid to diversify its economy away from oil production, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (A...
Philip Aldridge shares his plans as new NEPIC CEO
PHILIP ALDRIDGE, an IChemE member who has taken over as CEO of England’s Northeast Process Indust...
Takeda and Shire agree £46bn takeover
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL has agreed to buy Shire for £46bn (US$62bn) as it seeks to create a global ...
Fire at US speciality chemicals plant
A CHEMICAL plant in Louisiana, US, has caught fire, with no injuries reported.
Gladden to lead EPSRC
CHEMICAL engineer Lynn Gladden will be the next executive chair of the Engineering and Physical S...
KBR wins contract for Saudi Arabia’s crude-oil-to-chemicals complex
KBR has been named the second project management contractor for the design of Saudi Aramco and SA...
Marathon Andeavor tie-up will create largest US refiner
MARATHON PETROLEUM has agreed to buy Andeavor in a US$36bn deal that will create the largest US r...
Diversity and pharma awards added to IChemE programme
ICHEME has added two new categories to its Global Awards programme: the Pharma Award and the Dive...
Offshore industry has come “perilously close to disaster”, warns HSE
HSE has warned the UK’s offshore oil and gas operators that they must do more to tackle hydrocarb...
BASF agrees to buy Bayer’s vegetable seeds business for €1.7bn
BAYER has agreed to sell its entire vegetable seeds business to BASF for €1.7bn (US$2bn), as it s...
One seriously injured in Wisconsin refinery blast
AN explosion at a Husky Energy-owned oil refinery in the US has reportedly injured at least 15 pe...
200 gather to celebrate engineering excellence in the Northwest of England
MORE than 200 engineers gathered in Manchester, UK, earlier this month to celebrate excellence in...
Shire recommends Takeda takeover offer
SHIRE has opened the door to a £46bn (US$64bn) takeover bid from Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical.
P&G agrees to buy Merck’s consumer healthcare business
PROCTER & GAMBLE has agreed to buy German drugmaker Merck’s consumer healthcare unit for €3.4bn (...
Clouds defeated: real-time control system boosts solar chemicals production
CHEMICAL engineers have developed a control system costing less than €50 (US$61) that overcomes o...
Explosion hits Valero’s Texas City refinery
AN explosion and fire has hit Valero Energy’s 225,000 bbl/d Texas City refinery, with no injuries...
Liveris donates A$13.5m to build new engineering building at University of Queensland
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris has donated A$13.5m to his alma matar the University of Queensla...
Piper Alpha Monopoly sparks backlash
THE release of an edition of Monopoly that marks the anniversary of the tragic Piper Alpha oil pl...
Motiva joins forces with UOP and TechnipFMC to fuel push into petrochemicals
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES has signed MoUs with UOP and TechnipFMC worth as much as US$10bn to explore us...
Unilever joins forces with Ioniqa to scale up breakthrough plastic waste recycling process
UNILEVER has formed a partnership with processing pioneer Ioniqa and Indorama, the world’s larges...
IChemE makes new editions of top chemical engineering books available to members
A RANGE of new titles, including recently updated editions of Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical Eng...
UK pay gap shows scale of male senior dominance
KEY employers of chemical engineers in the UK have published their gender pay gap information but...
Santos agrees to takeover talks with Harbour Energy
HARBOUR ENERGY has made a A$13.5bn (US$10.4bn) bid for Australian oil and gas producer Santos.
Takeda mulls bid for Shire
JAPAN’S Takeda Pharmaceutical has revealed it is considering a bid for Ireland’s Shire as it seek...
Nestlé launches first product containing breakthrough form of sugar
NESTLÉ has announced it is launching its first product containing a new form of natural sugar tha...
Saudi Aramco and Petronas reach deal on Rapid complex
SAUDI ARAMCO has agreed a deal to take joint ownership of Petronas’ refinery currently under cons...
AkzoNobel announces buyer for specialty chemicals business
AKZONOBEL is selling its specialty chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and Singapore’s sovere...
200 GW: Saudi Arabia plans world’s largest solar development
SAUDI ARABIA and Japan’s Softbank have agreed to build the world’s largest solar power project, w...
Easter eggsperts: chemical engineers have chocolate eco-ratings licked
AS we peel the foil off our Easter eggs this Sunday, chemical engineers are urging us to consider...
GSK buys Novartis out of consumer healthcare venture
GSK will pay US$13bn to take full control of its consumer healthcare venture with Novartis.
Distinguished chemical engineers join QE Prize panel
TWO chemical engineers - Jinghai Li and Raghunath Anant Mashelkar – have joined the judging panel...
AkzoNobel joins Swedish green hydrogen partnership
AKZONOBEL has joined a partnership in Sweden that seeks to use excess renewable power to produce ...
Blood-testing 'disruptor' charged with fraud
THE CEO and former-president of Theranos – a company which claimed to have developed technology t...
Two injured, one feared dead in Texas chemicals blast
TWO workers have been injured and one remains missing following an explosion at a chemicals plant...
Liveris to step down as chair of DowDuPont in April
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris will step down in April as executive chair of DowDuPont, the hol...
Nuclear fusion is 15 years away from reality, say MIT engineers
FUSION power – the clean energy technology wryly said to always be 30 years from reality – could ...
Three killed in chemicals blast at Indian industrial site
AT least three people are dead after an explosion in a chemical factory in the Maharashtra Indust...
UK must remain within REACH as it exits EU
ICHEME has backed calls for the UK to remain within the EU’s chemicals regulation (REACH) despite...
BASF in exclusive talks to buy Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BAYER is in talks to sell its entire vegetable seeds business to BASF as it seeks to address anti...
Exxon’s algae biofuel venture enters new phase, targeting 10,000 bbl/d
EXXONMOBIL and biotech pioneer Synthetic Genomics are starting field trails for their joint algae...
Shell shows scale of work underway at Geismar expansion
SHELL has released photos showing its progress building the world’s largest alpha olefins product...
Members announced for new trustee candidate review committee
ICHEME has announced the six members of a new committee that has been formed to ensure that trust...
Wan Zulkiflee will head Petronas for another three years
ICHEME Fellow Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Arrifin has had his contract as CEO of Petronas extended ...
DNV GL opens centre to catalyse 3D printing in oil and gas industry
DNV GL has set up an R&D centre in Singapore to accelerate the use of 3D-printed technology by th...
CB&I to design world’s largest methanol plant
CB&I has been awarded a contract for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the world’s l...
Ineos restarts Forties system after unexpected shutdown
INEOS has restarted the UK’s Forties Pipeline after the closure of a valve forced a shutdown of t...
Green steel process given go ahead for testing at pilot scale
AN INDUSTRIAL consortium in Sweden will build a pilot plant to test a steel production process th...
ExxonMobil expects to pump out majority of its oil, even in a low-carbon future
EXXONMOBIL says there is little risk that climate change policies will force it to leave its prov...
Emerson to keep an eye on Covestro plants to boost operations
EMERSON will install industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies at Covestro production pla...
Australia must act now to own big downstream battery opportunity
AUSTRALIA’S government has been urged to act now if it wants domestic industry to push downstream...
Edinburgh launches world-first free online course on CCS
THE University of Edinburgh has launched the world’s first open online course about CCS and is of...
Australia honours IChemE Fellows
CHEMICAL engineers Russell Scott and David Wood have been awarded Member in the General Division ...
Fire engulfs Taiwan refinery
AN explosion at an oil refinery in Taiwan set off a fire yesterday that took hours to extinguish.
Genomatica and Aquafil join forces to make bio-based nylon
GENOMATICA is working with nylon-maker Aquafil to produce one of its key feedstocks – caprolactam...
SABIC becomes largest shareholder in Clariant
SABIC has become the largest shareholder in specialty chemicals company Clariant. The Saudi chemi...
Bread alert: chemical engineers reveal worst sandwiches for the climate
DO you want to do your bit for the climate at lunchtime? If so, chemical engineers say you should...
Evonik and Siemens announce two-year plan to create 'technical photosynthesis'
EVONIK and Siemens are working together on a process to produce specialty chemicals from carbon d...
Shale gas ruled one of the least sustainable options for power
SHALE gas is one of the least sustainable options for producing electricity, according to a new s...
Shell commits to Penguins North Sea investment
SHELL will redevelop the Penguins oil and gas field 240 km northeast of the Shetland Islands, a p...
UNSW signs deal to become world’s first solar university
THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) has signed an agreement to become the world’s first whol...
Noël wins DECHEMA prize for his leaf-inspired microreactors
CHEMICAL engineer Timothy Noël has been awarded the 2017 DECHEMA Prize for his pioneering work on...
Burning oil tanker sinks off China
AN oil tanker that had been ablaze since it collided with a freight ship in the East China Sea on...
EGM delivers vote of confidence in IChemE Council
ICHEME’s membership has delivered a strong vote of confidence in the current leadership at an ext...
New method weeds out flipping drugs
A NEW method has been developed to help drug developers weed out compounds that could potentially...
Huge oil tanker ablaze off China
AN oil tanker is on fire and at risk of exploding after colliding with a freight ship off the eas...
UK’s largest bioethanol facility shuts down in face of political instability
THE UK’s largest bioethanol producer has halted production at its plant in East Yorkshire, blamin...
Emerson quits chasing Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has abandoned its pursuit of Rockwell Automation following a forceful rejection ...
Saudi giants agree to develop largest oil-to-chemicals complex
SAUDI ARAMCO and SABIC have agreed to develop plans for the world’s largest crude oil-to-chemical...
Government outlines plan to make UK world’s most innovative nation
THE UK government has published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy as it seeks to boost industr...
Rockwell forcefully rejects Emerson takeover bid
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has rejected a third takeover offer from Emerson Electric, arguing that the d...
Musk bet set to pay off as South Australia readies world’s largest lithium ion battery
ELON MUSK looks set to win the bet he made with South Australia, after the state’s premier announ...
Emerson returns with US$29bn bid for Rockwell
EMERSON ELECTRIC has increased its offer for Rockwell Automation to US$29bn.
Video: CSB releases detailed animation of Arkema incident
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a detailed animation of the events leading to the...
Saudi Aramco signs ‘diversification’ deals worth US$4.5bn
SAUDI ARAMCO has signed eight agreements, worth around US$4.5bn, with oil and gas service contrac...
Rockwell says no to Emerson offer
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION has rejected a takeover offer worth around US$28bn from Emerson Electric.
IChemE Singapore joins unique alliance on skills certification
ICHEME SINGAPORE has joined a unique alliance with the country’s government and industrial trade ...
AkzoNobel in talks to merge with Axalta
AKZONOBEL has confirmed it is in talks about merging its paints and coating business with Axalta ...
ENGIE Fabricom selected to design and build novel Saltend chemical plant
ENGIE Fabricom has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for ...
Clariant and Huntsman merger dissolves under investor pressure
CLARIANT and Huntsman have cancelled their proposed US$20bn merger following pressure from activi...
Singapore will use advanced manufacturing to cement chemicals future
SINGAPORE has put innovation and building skills at the heart of a new strategy to boost its ener...
UK sets out green growth plans
THE UK government has outlined a raft of plans for low-carbon investment, setting out how £2.5bn ...
Bright ideas: Rakesh Agrawal on developing a solar economy
RAKESH AGRAWAL, chemical engineering professor at Purdue University, speaks on camera to The Chem...
IChemE’s top journal reviewers recognised at WCCE10
A CEREMONY has been held in Spain to celebrate the top reviewers of IChemE’s journals.
EFCE honours individuals and team that developed 3D-printed reactor
THE European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) has today announced the winners of a serie...
CGN bids for stake in UK’s Moorside nuclear project
CGN is bidding for a stake in the UK’s planned Moorside nuclear plant following the financial tro...
Solvay sells polyamide business to BASF
SOLVAY is selling its integrated polyamides business to BASF for €1.6bn (US$1.92bn) as it continu...
First hole cut in the world’s oldest nuclear waste store
THE WORLD’S oldest nuclear store – containing waste untouched since the dawn of the UK’s atomic w...
Arkema sets fire to remaining chemicals stocks at flooded site
All nine chemical containers have ignited at the flooded Arkema plant in Crosby, outside Houston,...
CBI gathers CEOs to give voice to makers
THE UK’S CBI has established a new CEO-level Manufacturing Council to ensure that the voices of c...
Zoey Clark wins silver in relay finals
CHEMICAL engineer Zoey Clark won a silver medal for Britain in the women’s 4x400 m relay at the I...
Tata Steel fined £1m for toxic release
TATA STEEL has been fined £1m (US$1.3m) after five employees were exposed to a toxic gas release ...
Record-breaking column erected by PETRONAS
PETRONAS has released photos showing the installation of a record-breaking crude distillation col...
Call for UK industry to pioneer hydrogen use
INDUSTRY in the Northwest of England should pioneer the use of hydrogen fuel, according to an amb...
Aaron Low awarded travel fellowship
ICHEME Member Aaron Low has won the 2017 Earle Travel Fellowship. The award encourages New Zealan...
Should maintenance KPIs be standardised?
PETROFAC is conducting a safety study that could recommend that the upstream oil and gas industry...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Donges upgrade FEED
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has been awarded a FEED contract to help upgrade Total’s Donges refinery in F...
Rise of incinerators risks circular economy
A SURGE in the construction of facilities that burn residual waste is a direct threat to the UK a...
Engineers dispel 100-year fluid flow law
A 100-YEAR law used to describe how fluid flows through rocks has been overturned by engineers at...
Hydrogen-powered boat begins six-year journey
SEEKING to raise awareness of the promise of hydrogen fuel, a converted racing boat equipped to p...
PSE becomes IChemE Gold Corporate Partner
PROCESS SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE (PSE) is the first process engineering software company to become an I...
Evonik plans €100m digital investment
EVONIK has earmarked €100m (US$114m) for investment in digitalisation by 2020 and formed strategi...
South Australia calls Musk on storage bet
SOUTH AUSTRALIA has called Elon Musk on a bet he made in March, and has challenged the billionair...
Roadtrip fuelled on whisky waste
PROCESS developers are celebrating a roadtrip fuelled by whisky waste.
Lithium promotes hot plasma edge for fusion
LITHIUM could hold the key to improving the confinement of plasma in fusion reactors, and ensurin...
Consider treating unused desal filters
A BIOFOULING study that has examined colonies of bacteria on membranes suggests desalination plan...
Evonik and Sinopec partner on OSN
EVONIK and the SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of the Chemical Industry (BRICI) have agreed to...
Kemper clean coal opts for gas instead
IN a blow to clean coal development, the Kemper County power plant in the US has been forced to a...
Hack hits Chernobyl monitoring system
RADIATION monitoring systems at the Chernobyl nuclear plant have been put out of action by a rans...
GTI will demo R-GAS gasification in China
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (GTI) in the US will be partnering with China’s Yangquan Coal Industry G...
France to ban oil exploration
FRANCE plans to pass a law later this year to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration ...
Rio Tinto picks Yancoal again
RIO TINTO has snubbed a second Glencore bid for its Australian coal assets, choosing Chinese mine...
PMI invests US$320m in smoke-free factory
CIGARETTES giant Philip Morris (PMI) has unveiled plans to build a US$320m facility to produce sm...
Notts Uni to reprogramme chemicals production
GREEN chemicals are a focus of a new £200m (US$253m) investment announced by the UK’s University ...
Industry supports US carbon tax
EXXONMOBIL is among a number of industry giants that have backed plans for a US carbon tax design...
Rio Tinto picks Yancoal for Aussie coal mines
RIO TINTO has snubbed an offer from Glencore for its thermal coal assets in Australia, sticking i...
Exxon and partner double algae oil output
EXXONMOBIL and biotech pioneer Synthetic Genomics have announced a breakthrough in biofuels resea...
Celanese and Blackstone form acetate tow JV
CELANESE is forming a joint venture with Blackstone to create a global acetate tow supplier – as ...
Amec Foster Wheeler wins gold EPC
AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for one ...
Solar paint turns wall into a fuel station
ONE day, fuel stations could become little more than a wall coated with a special catalytic paint...
Chemeng Matters in Parliament
MORE than 100 specially-invited guests gathered at the UK’s Houses of Parliament in December to s...
